State Attorney Angela Corey (right) asks witness Phillip Miranda, a crime scene investigator with the Brevard County Sheriff's Office who recovered the 9mm pistol recovered from Michael Dunn's vehicle in the garage of his Satellite Beach, Fl home, to confirm that it was the weapon that he recovered.

This is the scene from one of the many sidebar discussions Friday with (from left) Judge Healey, Assistant State Attorney John Guy, defense attorney Cory Strolla, ASA Erin Wolfson and State Attorney Angela Corey.

She said she wasn't concerned that Dunn had too much to drink, and that if she thought he was impaired, then she would've asked someone else to drive her.

She and Dunn stopped at the Gate gas station to pick up a bottle of wine, which, she said, was her idea.

While she was inside the gas station, she heard the gunshots, but she assured a Gate gas station employee that if it was Dunn, then she had no reason to fear.

She said that when they arrived at the gas station, Dunn said, "I hate that thug music," in reference to music blaring from a red Dodge Durango that Jordan Davis was inside.

Defense attorney Cory Strolla pointed out that she was afraid of guns, and she thought they might be arrested.

She said that in 3 1/2 years of knowing Dunn, she'd never seen him as shaken as the night he killed Davis.

"What I know about Michael that night," she said, "is that he was concerned about me."

They went back to the hotel, and he ordered something to eat, hoping it would help her.

She was watching the television when she heard about Davis' death.

"Mike, Mike, Mike," she called to Dunn.

She couldn't say what he said in response, but she said they returned to Brevard County because she insisted on it and she was scared.

She finished her testimony by saying she was sorry, but she didn't say who she was sorry to. Dunn wiped at his eyes during the testimony, as did Davis' parents.

The next witness was a forensic investigator at the Medical Examiner's Office who briefly listed personal items that came with Davis' body when she received it at the office.

4:12 p.m. update (By Andrew Pantazi): Michael Dunn's fiancée Rhonda Rouer is currently testifying for the prosecution. Her hands are shaking and she is fighting back tears.

Before Rouer entered the courtroom, defense attorney Cory Strolla's cross-examined Jacksonville Sheriff's Office detective Marc Musser in one of the tensest testimonies so far in the Michael Dunn case.

Strolla asked Musser if he looked to see if there was room for a weapon underneath Jordan Davis' car seat for a weapon. Musser said he did not, because he was looking for items, not space.

Strolla asked why Musser didn't review the Gate gas station video tapes for audio recordings immediately. Musser said it was because he did not know the video tapes had audio recordings.

Strolla asked if Musser subpoenaed text messages from the phones of the three teenagers who were with Davis. Musser said he didn't, and only one of the phones would've been able to be subpoenaed anyway.

Musser was the first witness to give more than a "yes" or a "no" in response to most of Strolla's questions, instead giving detailed answers.

The detective also said he never went back to the Gate gas station to listen if witnesses gathered inside were talking. Strolla seemed to be trying suggest that the witnesses were colluding, making their testimonies match.

Musser also said he didn't search the dumpsters close to the parking lot until four days later, but he said that the dumpsters were far away from where the Dodge Durango parked in the adjacent parking lot.

Musser also said the closest building to the Durango was about 40 yards away.

Strolla asked, if the Durango was too far away from the building for the teenagers to throw a weapon onto the roof, then why did Musser ask for photographs of the roof to be taken. Musser said, "Because I knew you would ask."

Next, former Jacksonville Sheriff's Office evidence technician detective Karen Smith testified. Smith is now the training consultant for the National Forensic Academy at the University of Tennessee.

State Attorney Angela Corey showed pictures to Smith of Dunn's Volkswagen Jetta with four shell casings on the exterior of the windshield.

Smith testified that she found five 9 mm. hollow-point bullets in the magazine inside Dunn's handgun.

Strolla, who has questioned the credibility of all the law-enforcement witnesses so far, called Smith’s credentials "very impressive."

He pointed out that Dunn's car had already been processed, and a second magazine and the casings had not been discovered before she found them.

She said it "didn't sit well" with her that they hadn't been discovered before that.

Miranda testified that he examined Michael Dunn's Volkswagen Jetta the day after the shooting and found the glove compartment open with a 9mm-caliber handgun visible. The pistol had five hollow-point bullets left in its magazine. Miranda also discovered a shell casing by the driver seat in the car.

Under questioning by defense attorney Cory Strolla, Miranda testified that he had worked at Walt Disney World in food inventory for two years before working as a crime-scene investigator.

Strolla elicited that, in his search, Miranda missed a second magazine clip that had 15 bullets in it and didn't find it until later.

Only prosecutor John Guy has questioned Musser so far, and Musser may be a critical witness for both the state and the defense.

The defense's argument is that the homicide investigation, led by Musser, was shoddy, that evidence wasn't preserved and that witnesses weren't properly separated.

Musser said there was no video surveillance outside the Gate gas station and outside the adjacent parking lot the night Jordan Davis was shot.

He reviewed phone records that seemed to confirm testimony from the three other teenagers in the car with Davis. The records showed that two of the teenagers had tried to dial 911. Strolla had argued earlier that the teenagers waited to call 911.

Musser said that the Dodge Durango in which Davis died did not have its child-safety locks activated when he examined it. Two of the teenagers had said the locks were activated on the door.

Strolla is about to begin questioning Musser.

12:50 p.m. update: A day after Jordan Davis’ friends testified about what happened when he was shot to death, the murder case against Michael David Dunn turned to the testimony of officers on the scene and the evidence technicians who investigated the shooting afterward.

Audience members in court gasped when they saw pictures of the bullet-strewn Dodge Durango that Davis was in when Dunn shot him. At least six bullet holes were visible on the passenger side of the car.

People also appeared to be shaken when they later saw a second picture of the Durango, this time with trajectory rods to show that bullets in the rear passenger door would've hit Davis' legs, which is where Davis suffered bullet wounds.

He was also hit in the chest, which is the bullet that killed him after it went through his liver and lungs.

Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office crime-scene technician detective Andrew Kipple spent most of the morning on the stand meticulously describing everything he did the moment he arrived on the scene, taking photographs and collecting shell casings. He said Dunn fired 10 shots with nine hitting the Durango.

The morning ended with Brevard County Sheriff’s Deputy Carmine Siniscal taking the stand. Siniscal was the officer who arrested Dunn the day after he shot Davis.

Dunn and his girlfriend, Rhonda Rouer, left Jacksonville the morning after the shooting and went back to their condo in Brevard. Assistant State Attorney Erin Wolfson made sure to get Siniscal to say that Brevard was about 165 miles away, emphasizing how far Dunn was from the Southside crime scene.

Siniscal said he talked to Dunn on the phone and made him come out onto the street with his hands up and his shirt off so he could be sure Dunn didn’t have a weapon on him.

During questioning of Siniscal, Wolfson repeatedly objected to questions asked by Dunn’s attorney, Cory Strolla. Strolla asked multiple times using slightly different phrases whether Dunn cooperated with police when he was arrested, with Siniscal answering each time that Dunn cooperated.

Wolfson started objecting, saying he was asking the same question. Acting Circuit Judge Russell Healey sustained those objections.

The questioning ended when Strolla asked how many people were on scene to arrest Dunn, Siniscal said there were three officers. Strolla immediately asked if there were three officers on the scene, and Healey threw up his hands and said “He just answered that question.”

Kipple, who has been on the stand longer than any other witness in the trial, meticulously described everything he did the moment he arrived on the scene, taking photographs and collecting shell casings.

He then described how he took the red Dodge Durango in which Jordan Davis died back to a warehouse and went through every part of the car. He said he did not find a weapon inside the vehicle. He also testified that it appeared Michael Dunn fired 10 shots at the vehicle, with nine actually hitting it and one shot going all the way from the back of the vehicle to the front windshield.

Shots that hit the front passenger door seemed to have been stopped because there was more metal in that door, preventing the bullets from hitting passenger Tevin Thompson, Kipple said.

He used trajectory rods to show that bullets in the rear passenger door would've hit about the level of Davis' legs, which is where Davis suffered bullet wounds.

It's important for the prosecution’s case that State Attorney Angela Corey go over every detail because a big argument defense attorney Cory Strolla is relying on is that police inadequately investigated and inadequately collected and preserved evidence.

Kipple said he found hair gel, cigarette ash and an old Florida Community College at Jacksonville parking sticker, but no weapons. The bullet holes in the car were consistent with a 9 mm-caliber firearm, he said.

There were bullet fragments that made their way through the car and onto the dashboard in front of the windshield, and the sun visors in the car were damaged from gunshots, Kipple said.

That evidence could be critical in Corey's attempts to prove the three attempted murder charges against Dunn.

Initial Story: Prosecutors are presenting their case Saturday against 47-year-old Michael David Dunn, the Brevard County man who said he killed a Jacksonville teenager in self-defense during a dispute over loud music.

Starting the day off, Detective Andrew Kipple, a crime scene technician with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, is testifying about the shell casings and bullet fragments he collected at the crime scene.

During a rare weekend court session, State Attorney Angela Corey and several of her assistants likely will call ballistics experts, evidence technicians and witnesses who were in the Southside Boulevard area when Dunn shot 17-year-old Jordan Davis and nearly three of his friends in their vehicle.

Dunn and his girlfriend, Rhonda Rouer, pulled up to a Gate gas station on Black Friday in 2012 and ended up parking next to a Dodge Durango that had Davis and three friends inside.

Dunn and Davis argued about loud music in the Durango, and Dunn ended up shooting him. He is charged with the first-degree murder of Davis and the attempted murder of Leland Brunson, Tommie Stornes and Tevin Thompson.

Dunn told investigators Davis threatened to kill him and had a gun. Brunson, Stornes and Thompson testified Friday that there was no weapon, and Davis cursed at Dunn but didn’t threaten him.

Rouer is also likely to testify. After Dunn was arrested, Rouer told police he never told her he saw a gun that night.

The prosecution will likely finish its case Saturday or Monday, and the defense will then present its evidence.

The case has generated national attention. Jurors have been sequestered due to the media attention, which means they are prohibited from watching television, reading newspapers and magazines and must stay in a hotel with limited contact to the outside world.

Because they don’t have much to do, jurors asked to keep the trial going over the weekend. Acting Circuit Judge Russell Healey agreed to have court 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday but not Sunday.

Its strange how some want to justify murder stemming from an augment over loud music. Okay, you shoot in a car and make no mention to your fiancé that you saw a weapon? You then drive back to your hotel as if nothing happened? A law abiding citizen would have waited for the police and attempted to prove his innocence. A "thug" in which some of you describe Davis as would have FLED! Whether this kid was a "thug" or "choir boy" it doesn't matter. We were all teenagers and young adults once who did stupid things! Getting killed for being disrespectful to an adult was not one! Stick a fork in him....he's DUNN! It appears liquid courage and a gun took Davis life and now his freedom.

Labels can indeed be helpful. The word thug has a specific meaning, a criminally violent person. That person can be of any race. I have heard the word thug used throughout my lifetime in reference to violent criminals with no racist connotation whatsoever.

Some human beings are thugs. To deny that is absurd. That's why we have prisons.

The music that was being listened to at high volume was definitely thug music. It is listened to by whites and blacks, mostly young people of course. It glorifies violently criminal behavior, so in addition to the volume in question it is also offensive to people of good character. Dunn's characterization of the music as thug music is factually correct.

There has been testimony that the back doors could not be opened due to child locks. There has also been testimony that no such locks were engaged. I doubt very seriously that four teenage boys were driving around in a vehicle with child locks engaged.

So it is entirely possible that Davis was exiting the vehicle while threatening to kill Dunn. I say possible because we haven't heard all of the testimony.

Dunn's assertion of self defense is greatly weakened by the large number of shots he fired and the fact that he took off instead of staying to deal with law enforcement.

I think Angela Corey has once again over-charged. If Dunn is guilty, he can't be found guilty of first degree murder if the jury finds that Davis was threatening Dunn and leaving the car with the intent of attacking him.

This is such a tragedy. All of those who carry guns must take it upon themselves to exercise the greatest of caution, both to protect human life and to protect themselves from legal repercussions. If you are prone to over-reaction and lack of self-control, you will be better off taking your chances unarmed that to arm yourself and risk ruining several lives.

As obnoxious as the boys (at least Davis) certainly were, I'm sure Mr. Dunn would give anything to have another chance to ignore them, as others were. No, it's not right for boys to detract from the quality of life of others with their obnoxious behavior, but maybe sometimes it's best not to be the cowboy who rights all wrongs. It worked for Dirty Harry, but it doesn't usually work in real life.

It is a tragedy that Jordan Davis life was cut short by a crazy old man armed and dangerous, and likely partly intoxicated. The terrible outcome will forever affect the Davis family, Dunn himself and his family. There are no winners in this case, only losers. Jordan Davis lost the most.

The bigger tragedy of this story, Trayvon's, the theater shooting in Tampa, school shootings, and so much gun crazy violence is that we have the perfect storm of gun proliferation, loose laws, and stand your ground stupidity.

The overall culprits are pro gun legislators, gun manufacturers, and the NRA who have brain washed and duped citizens to live in fear in order to fulfill their hidden agenda.

The only way to change the wave of senseless violence is to reform gun laws and put restrictions. It is time that defense lawyers file multiple class action lawsuits in Federal court against legislators, gun companies, and the NRA for billions of dollars in civil damages to the victims of these acts as well as to lives wasted of those using the guns and ammo to commit these violence. Money is the only thing that will change corporate behavior. Remember the tobacco companies.